Thank you, Mr B & Mr W, for your responses. There's nothing I would disagree with in any of your points. I'm still waiting to hear this recording for myself (on order). I hope Dan Morgan's wrong, because otherwise it's money down the drain! But I do wonder if it really achieves anything to be so utterly destructive in a review: if a friend looks rough or a colleague is annoying, you don't necessarily tell them so, especially with the harshest words you can think of. After all, the people on this particular recording are professional musicians doing their best.